iosr-JRME   Volume-7 ~ Issue-1 ~ Jan-Feb 2017

Abstract: The paper intends to discuss a model to improve the quality of spoken English of the students using various drills performed between the teacher and student.

Keywords: Audio Lingual Model; Drills;Low cost; Speaking

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Abstract: Indonesian formal education‟s orientation has been focused on the development of science and technology (hard skills), therefore, it is weak in developing moral and spiritual components (soft skills). This, inevitably, is linked with the multi-dimensional crisis that we experience today – widely assumed as the impact of the economic crisis. As an effort to deal with the crisis, education in Indonesia has been focused to develop science and technology, which are considered as capitals for the economic development. Unfortunately, this imbalanced practice in education has created another crisis instead...........

Keywords: Character education model, kindergarten.

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Abstract: The aims of this Research are to reveal determinant factors that affect Teacher Competence. This research measured the direct effect and indirect effect of exogenous variables to endogenous variables. The number of samples is 284 of Public Senior High School teachers taken from 1089 teachers as population. The data were gathered by using a set of questionnaires that had been checked for its validity and reliability. The data then were analyzed by using path analysis model............

Keywords: Determinant factors, Teacher Competence, Public Senior High School.

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Abstract: The advent of Instructional Television for teaching and learning various programmed in the world is a field of immediate and increasing challenge to teachers. The term" Instructional television" refers to the use of Television medium in any of the various technical forms to present information ideas and experiences in any subject area and at any level of some portion of an organized educational programmed. Instructional Television as a multimedia approach can be applied in teaching various subjects in schools in order to stimulate student learning ability, interest and attitude in any given subject..........

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Abstract: The Higher Education landscape is undergoing tremendous transformation to meet the socio-economic and technological changes of the 21st century. In order keep abreast and meet the diverse needs of adult learners, Higher Education Institutions (HEI's) are compelled to re-visit and re-shape their teaching and learning strategies. The Business Studies Unit (BSU) operates in a highly turbulent market with many challenges. This study has been instigated in order to address the concerns of a group of dissenting students on the contentious issue of the teaching methodology employed at the BSU not being conducive to adult learning...........

Keywords: Teaching methodology, change management, adult learning

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Abstract: It could be maintained that the understanding of "learning by doing" according to John Dewey, the modern education theorist is in fact a great asset on how we reshape and reconstitute our understanding of education today. This understanding has started taking the place of traditional rote learning understanding of education as it became widespread and it was accepted. In this context; the consolidation and gaining of the values in daily life through education is also possible. Together with the connatural instincts of human; gained values subsequently are also important. Values as one of the factors that constitute social living are actually created by human in purpose of putting the social living in a certain order..........

Keywords: Value, values education, play, musical plays, learning by doing

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Abstract: The main objective of the present investigation was to study the emotional intelligence of upper primary rural students in relation to their gender (Boy-Girl), family type (Nuclear-Joint) and economic class (A.P.L- B.P.L). Sample of 200 rural students of age 14+ years studying in class 8th standard were selected by stratified random sampling method from twenty rural upper primary schools. Bengali version (r=.79, of the Schutte Self Report Emotional Intelligence Test (SSEIT) was used for the study. F- tests, Students' t-tests and Correlation Coefficient were adopted to analyze the data for the study..........

Keywords: Academic Achievements, A.P.L., B.P.L., Emotional Intelligence, Upper Primary Students

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Abstract: A Research was conducted to identify students' misconceptions of class XI Science at SMAN 7 Banjarmasin on reaction rate material. The study aims to determine (1) what are misconceptions experienced by learners, and (2) determine the cause of learners' misconceptions. This study uses quantitative and qualitative descriptive design survey study. The study population were students of class XI Science at SMAN 7 Banjarmasin. The study was conducted with a purposive sampling techniques. Based on this research, misconceptions experienced by learners in grade XI Science at SMAN 7 Banjarmasin include: definition of reaction rate is the number of reactions that take place per unit of time..........

Keywords: Learners' misconceptions, preconceptions, alternative conceptions, the reaction rate

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